Architecture

While the rescue of Grand Central seems like a clear-cut case of good over evil, the role of historic preservation in the 21st-century city can be more complex.

• By Feargus O'Sullivan

In the era of climate change, do the current standards of environmentally sound building practices—developed in the late '90s—still hold up?

• By Brian J. Barth

The stigma attached to "insane asylums" can be hard to shake, but destroying the structures can mean erasing important parts of our history.

• By Mimi Kirk

The fusion of architecture and ecology allows termites to control the climate of their structures without burning a single fossil fuel.

• By Salmaan Craig

People around the U.S. are rediscovering their fondness for a classic architectural staple.

• By Lynn Freehill-Maye

The quake comes just 11 days after a magnitude 8.2 earthquake rocked the southern part of the country.

• By Morgan Baskin

Public housing is generally not good for your health, but newly renovated, environmentally friendly buildings could change that.

• By Nathan Collins

One reader who correctly guesses the campus on which this photograph was taken will win a one-year subscription to our print magazine. Also, get the answer to the August 11 contest.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

One reader who correctly guesses the campus on which this photograph was taken will win a one-year subscription to our print magazine. Also, get the answer to last week's contest.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

One reader who correctly guesses the campus on which this photograph was taken will win a one-year subscription to our print magazine. Also, get the answer to the July 24 contest.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

One reader who correctly guesses the campus on which this photograph was taken will win a one-year subscription to our print magazine. Also, get the answer to the July 10 contest.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

One reader who correctly guesses the campus on which this photograph was taken will win a one-year subscription to our print magazine. Also, get the answer to this week's contest.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

One reader who correctly guesses the campus on which this photograph was taken will win a one-year subscription to our print magazine. Also, get the answer from the June 26 contest.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

One reader who correctly guesses the campus on which this photograph was taken will win a one-year subscription to our print magazine. Also, get the answer from last week's contest.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

One reader who correctly guesses the campus on which this photograph was taken will win a one-year subscription to our print magazine. Also, get the answer from last week's contest.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A subset of architecture is actively antagonist to the comfort of the homeless.

• By Lisa Wade

Surprisingly, there are more than a few studies on bathroom psychology. Rick Paulas takes a look at his own.

• By Rick Paulas

More open layouts can improve inmate-guard relations and support a culture of progress rather than fear.

• By Ryan Jacobs

A year after the Newtown school massacre, architects assure us that safe schools don't have to look and feel like bunkers. But they also note that facilities can only go so far in providing security in a violent world.

• By Ben Ikenson

Solar concentrators are a hot weapon in the renewable energy arsenal. Except sometimes they really can be a weapon.

• By Michael Todd

At least seven children died in Oklahoma this past week when two elementary schools were destroyed. Is shoddy construction to blame?

• By Marc Herman

We don't really know, but if anybody does, it's Phil Thompson.

• By Ryan O'Hanlon

Could neuroscientists be the next great architects?

• By Emily Badger